Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss

Softcover book arrived cosmetically damaged but perfectly usable/readable. Wife is reading it now, as it was a title she remembered from long ago but never got around to until now. Can't comment on the content.

Every other book on parent loss seems to be about women who have lost their parents well into their adult years. This was the only book that addressed every situation, from losing a mother around infancy and the toddler years to women who lost their mothers when they themselves were mothers.Reading the first few pages in Barnes and Nobles I found myself tearing up, something that no other book was able to do to me. This book validated all of the emotions I was feeling, and with the author's perspective and research I could actually believe what was being said. This book had more insight than all of the therapists that I've had. Maybe that says something for my therapists, but I think it says something about the author and her work. This book has helped me realise behaviour that I was exhibiting, and although it let me realise it was normal, I developed ways to work through. It also explained some previously inexplicable emotions, such as the fact that before my mother's death I wanted to have a son, and now I'm so determined to have a daughter that I would like to adopt to ensure it. Very interesting ideas put forth in this book, and for myself and another friend that has lost a mother, most ring true. A must for any woman, at any age, that is motherless.

I give this book to women that have lost there mother, it is a source of comfort at any stage and for any circumstance. Highly recommend it!

I first read this book about 25 years ago and it changed the way I looked at my life. Seriously. I read one of the letters and was shocked to see myself in the writer. It had never occurred to me that so many of the issues I have with myself resulted from the loss of my mother at 5 years old. This book gave me the courage to parent a daughter: I had been afraid that I would fail miserably. No matter when you lost your mom this book is a great resource.

I love this book. I read the book when it first came out. I purchased it know for my 18 year old neice who lost her mom at 10 years old.

This book isn’t as interesting as I though it would be, it’s very slow & hard to get into for me.

Would highly recommend for all motherless daughters.

This book helped me in ways I cannot explain. I felt very ALONE and lost -- it showed me that all those feelings were normal, expected, and best of all, temporary. Don't let other people, your employer, society in general make you feel less than whole because you're "not over it yet" -- it is a long process -- it takes more than 3 days, a week, a month, 6 months, a year -- and that is perfectly ok. This book is a true GIFT for a grieving daughter.

Fab book.

This book has been very well researched and written. I would say that it is for any women who has lost a mother btween birth and 30years old. The author has thoroughly researched this subject of lose so much so that to me she seems to cover every possibility of loss of a mother. In the early chapters I was worried that the book would not cover my situation (losing a mother who I had a difficult relationship with and had caused me harm and pain)and felt that what I may read would cause me more harm by rubbing salt in the wounds, as it talked of mother's as loving, providing figures, which my mother wasn't. However as I moved on in the book it covered my circumstances and the additional difficulties and complications in grieving a mother who wasn't as a mother should be.Many of the feelings and thoughts I have had over the years I have pushed back down feeling that they were twisted or in some way wrong. Reading in this book that many other women have had the same feelings and thoughts has validated mine and helped me to face them head on.I feel that this book would be an excellent tool to aid women who are trying to address and work through the loss of their mother at a relatively young age. It also covers the relationships we have with our fathers, siblings and step families plus future relationships with partners and the complications which may arise there.It is a book I am and will continue to use, as I face up to the sad reality of my past.

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